Clinks has announced the launch of the first phase of their Stronger voice training programme.
Stronger voice is a three-year project, aimed at helping the voluntary sector working in criminal justice to develop a unified and influential voice, at both a national and regional level.
The Stronger voice training programme is a core part of this. The programme will bring together a range of expert training providers across policy, campaigns and communications to support organisations of all sizes to influence decision makers.
Clinks know how diverse the criminal justice system is and have developed the training programme with this in mind – aiming to provide modules suitable for organisations right at the beginning of their policy influencing work, to those who are more advanced and have been undertaking this work for a number of years.
Finding your voice
The first phase of the training programme, ‘Finding your voice’ is aimed largely at organisations at the very beginning of their influencing journey, those who rarely engage with policy and want to learn how they can influence decision makers.
- Introduction to reframing, Liz Kearsley, 21 September
- Introduction to parliament (England), The Parliamentary Outreach Team, 22 September
- Introduction to parliament (Wales), The Parliamentary Outreach Team, 30 September
- Introduction to campaigning, Sheila McKechnie Foundation, 29 September
- Influencing locally, Sheila McKechnie Foundation, 12 October
- Introduction to influencing policy, Gemma Buckland, 21 October
All the events are free and will be run online. They are open to any voluntary organisation working in the criminal justice system, though each event has a different capacity of attendee numbers to ensure the training is effective. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis, subject to eligibility and availability, though Clinks will reserve specific spaces for organisations working with people in contact with the criminal justice system that are led by and focussed on racially minoritised people.
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